Jan 28, 2018

The Hope of Healing . . .

For believers in Christ, we experience healing either in this life, or ultimate healing in the life to come.

• Healing always is in the name of Jesus Christ.

“Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you . . .”  Acts 9:34

• Healing never happens apart from His name. (Acts 4:9-10, 30)

• Healing...

Jan 21, 2018

GOSPEL HOPE . . .

• There is no one so far from the reach of God that they cannot be rescued by God.

“Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or His ear dull, that it cannot hear.”  Isaiah 59:1

RELENTLESS PURSUIT . . .

• Even in our rebellion, God relentlessly pursues
  • As relentless as...

Jan 14, 2018

GOD AT WORK . . .

• God is always at work.
  • He is an active God because He is a redemptive God
    • He is often at work in ways I cannot see.
    • He is often at work in places I do not expect.

GOD’S INVITATION . . .

• God invites me to join Him where He is at work. (Acts 8:26-29)
  • God saves me so that I might join Him in...

Jan 7, 2018

Acts:  Beyond the Comfort Zone

Acts 8:3-25

• The gospel is advanced in the midst of persecution, not destroyed by persecution.
  • Persecution has never, and will never, eliminate the gospel; it only elevates, illuminates, and advances the gospel.

• We need to view persecution as an opportunity for God to advance the...